The Bolsheviks have produced an unfavourable impression by arresting the
members of the non-party Relief Commission, the formation of which they allowed a few weeks ago. Further- more, they have openly appealed, through the Daily Herald, to the revolutionary party in this country to send all money for the famine-stricken to the " Third International " in Moscow. The Moscow Pravda has candidly stated that " we cannot hope to help the starving with the food supplies received, for all these resources are exclusively required for the nourishment of the Red army," It is rumoured, indeed, that the foodstuffs already sent to Petrograd have been detained by the Bolsheviks. There can be no doubt, we fear, that the famine is very severe, and that prompt relief is necessary before the winter sets in. But the Bolshevik tactics do not make it easy for the Allied Governments to come to the help of the sufferers.
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